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This post was meant to be one of excitement, joy, and celebration! However, sometimes life just doesn’t follow the plan we quite thought it would. Before Christmas I found out I was expecting. I was thrilled beyond words! See my husband and I will be married 5 years this March and needless to say we’ve been “waiting” for a while. You answer the “are you going to have any babies” with a smile and “yes.” If they only knew that’s the only thing you’ve wanted since you can remember.
It was like p-e-r-f-e-c-t! What better Christmas gift could one ask for? It wasn’t a total surprise as we’ve been doing fertility treatments since last Christmas. I had surgery in October and this was our “month.” When I found out I was pregnant I was even more assured it was just perfect because my due date was my birthday, we would find our the sex around our anniversary, and so on.
Christmas morning I began to spot…talk about some Christmas. I was still thinking positively and called my Dr. the following day. They said that is normal. Then on Friday, it became something a lot more. We rushed to our Dr. which is about an hour away. They scanned me and we got to the see the baby safely snug as a bug. I was told to take it easy and we’d see where things led. On Sunday, it became a lot worse again so we went to the ER. My Dr. was there so he came for the scan. Again, we could see the baby {even bigger}. The Dr. said the baby was hanging on but unsure if the pregnancy would stay. On Wednesday it was my 6 wk scan… we received heartbreaking news that the baby was gone.
After this happened to me I realized it’s actually quite common. Also, because I have PCOS I have an even greater chance above the average person. We will settle back into normal routines and push on, but the pain will still be there. I’m very sorry if any of my readers have went through this experience as well. It’s truly heartbreaking.
I’m going to focus on getting healthier and staying busy. I wish each of you the happiest New Year! I’m sticking close to God because only He knows what lies ahead.
